Yes, ex-MC had told me how it's really common, and very similar to how kids test their parents (from when they're young to teens). To me, it seemed like an opportunity for him to work with me on the source of that. And I said multiple times that it wasn't just about him, that it was a bigger thing. But he seemed to insist that it was mostly about him. So I'd get kinda stuck. Like he didn't want to make therapy about him so much, but then he'd say my reactions were about him...